Connected City Data Hub Scoping Study & Roadmap

The Connected City Data Hub Scoping Study & Roadmap Project will advise on options and pathways for UrbanGrowth NSW’s investment in data delivery services. Among its priorities will be to understand UrbanGrowth NSW’s current and future data assets and how these might be made systematically available to academics participating through the UrbanGrowth NSW University Roundtable.

The current rise of big data, the
internet of things (IoT), open data and advanced analytics means there is
growing demand for data-driven platforms, services and analytics that support
the design, planning, management and evaluation of major city transformation
projects.

The emphasis on 'smart cities' and
smart infrastructure services also increases the need for investment in a
city's data assets to its overall competitive positioning and the health of its
digital economy. In NSW, the government has made investments to improve access
to underlying data around urban transformation by decision makers, researchers
and citizens, nevertheless access to high quality, consistent, updated and
replicable urban data remains a challenge and many data assets remained siloed
within and between organisations so their value is far from being fully
realised.

Expected
Outputs

1. A
review of national and international best practice - The review will comprise
of current international best practice in government data
governance/information management, with focus on Spatial Data Infrastructure
implementation.

2. UrbanGrowth
NSW data audit - This activity will involve an audit of UrbanGrowth NSW’s datasets and
data custodians, a review the types and quality of datasets, as well as
obstacles and opportunities around data access. The audit will identify
opportunities and limitations to improving the connectivity of data assets to
support wider benchmarking of projects, including commercial-in-confidence data
and other private data.

3. Investment
Pathways - This activity will develop a set of options (up to three) for investment
and roll-out of the Connected City Data Hub. Options will take into account the
existing ecosystem of data platforms currently in development or released
within NSW Government (GSC Dashboard, NSW DAC, DP&E Digital Planning
Tools), nationally (AURIN, Urban Data Analytics Infrastructure, Nation map) and
internationally (Open CitySmart) current technology solutions and example use
case scenarios. The investment parthway will be formulated using an innovative
co-design approach where UrbanGrowth NSW staff and other key stakeholders will
design the 3 investment options through an intensive hands-on workshop.